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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Midland/Odessa, TX

May 5, 1995Ector County, Midland County, Texas

NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1995, 2:39 PM CDT for Ector County, Midland County, Texas. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 1995, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
May 5, 1995, 3:28 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Midland/Odessa, TX
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ector County, TX, Midland County, TX

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 12 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 766 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1995-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 178 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
766 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
541 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
289 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
4.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMAF 051955 COR
SVRMAF
TXC135-329-052045-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
239 PM CDT FRI MAY 5 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MIDLAND HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN WEST TEXAS

   ...EASTERN ECTOR COUNTY...WESTERN MIDLAND COUNTY

AT 235 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WEST ODESSA.
MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. RESIDENTS OF ODESSA CAN EXPECT
THIS STORM BY 250 PM AND INTO WEST MIDLAND COUNTY BY 300 PM CDT.


IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VEfRY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 5, 9:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 4 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-051445-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
935 AM CDT (835 AM MDT) FRI MAY 5 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
   NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS...UNTIL NOON CDT (11 AM MDT)...

AT 925 AM CDT (825 AM MDT)...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK TO NORTH OF
SONORA. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE NEAR HOBBS AND IN SOUTH ANDREWS
COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. MOVEMENT OF ALL
ACTIVITY WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING
WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 5, 10:25 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-051645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1025 AM CDT (925 AM MDT) FRI MAY 5 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST
   NEW MEXICO AND WEST TEXAS...UNTIL NOON CDT (11 AM MDT)...

AT 1025 AM CDT (925 AM MDT)...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS LOCATED FROM NORTHWEST OF LUBBOCK TO NORTH OF
OZONA. THE HEAVIEST STORMS WERE IN SOUTHERN ANDREWS COUNTY. MOVEMENT
WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
IN AND NEAR THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING
WEATHER AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR
LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.
Special weather statement, May 5, 11:48 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-060500-

THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
1148 AM CDT (1048 AM MDT) FRI MAY 5 1995

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST TEXAS:

ANDREWS   DAWSON    GLASSCOCK  MARTIN    REEVES   WARD
BORDON    ECTOR     HOWARD     MIDLAND   TERRELL  WINKLER
CRANE     GAINES    LOVING     PECOS     UPTON

AND IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO:

EDDY      LEA

SYNOPSIS: AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING ACROSS THE PERMIAN BASIN
WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS INTO THE
AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE LATE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON STORMS
MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM ANDREWS TO MIDLAND TO BIG SPRING MAY
REACH SEVERE CRITERIA BEFORE THE UPPER DISTURBANCE EXITS THE AREA.
THE ATMOSPHERE IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN UNSTABLE INTO THE EVENING AS THE
DEEP UPPER LEVEL TROUGH OVER THE WESTERN U.S. CONTINUES TO SLOWLY
APPROACH.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.~

MURDOCH
Special weather statement, May 5, 2:33 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
TXZ045>047-050>052-058>063-067>069-075-082-NMZ027>029-052045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MIDLAND TX
233 PM CDT (133 PM MDT) FRI MAY 5 1995

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OF THE PERMIAN
   BASIN UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 225 PM CDT (125 PM MDT)...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH
VERY HEAVY RAIN...WAS LOCATED FROM SOUTHEAST OF FORT DAVIS TO
NORTHWEST OF ABILENE. THE HEAVIEST STORM WAS WEST OF ODESSA.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

PERSONS IN THE PERMIAN BASIN SHOULD WATCH FOR THREATENING WEATHER
AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...LOCAL RADIO OR TV FOR LATER
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Midland/Odessa, TX issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell69 min
May 4, 8:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos64 min
May 4, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell49 min
May 4, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFUpton61 min
May 4, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland60 min
May 4, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor60 min
May 4, 11:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward62 min
May 5, 7:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFReeves62 min
May 5, 8:26 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFWinkler64 min
May 5, 11:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFMartin57 min
May 5, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFHoward63 min
May 5, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFEctor66 min
May 5, 3:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFGlasscock, Midland54 min
May 5, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos45 min
May 5, 4:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMAFPecos61 min
May 5, 5:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFPecos63 min
May 5, 5:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMAFTerrell40 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.